Thursday, December 5th 2013
15.30-16.00 Keynote Address: Werner Reinhart:
Hänsel and Gretel in America: The Reception of the Fairy Tale in Contemporary Poems
Session 1: Perspectives from Europe
Chair: Laura Asarite
16.30-17.15 Beatrix Niemeyer-Jensen, Tjorven Reisener: (How) is Europe educating the world?
17.30-18.15 Sophie Wulk: The Jean Monnet Scholarship for Turkish Graduates and its implications for the EU's image abroad
Session 2: Perspectives from Asia
Chair: Yaw Ofosu-Kusi
09.00-09.45 Lucie Qian XIA: Chinese perspectives on Europe: The idea of Europe and Sino-European relations
10.00-10-45 Elisabetta Nadalutti: Growth triangles in Southeast Asia and cross-border regions in Europe in comparison
11.00-11.45 Poster Presentation of ongoing research projects of European Studies students on the EU's relations with third countries (guided tour): Sophie Wulk and Students
13.00-13.45 Shazia Aziz Wülbers: Norm diffusion by the EU and the US in India
Session 3: Perspectives from Africa
Chair: Bea Lundt
14.00-14.45 Yaw Ofosu-Kusi: Global Perspectives on Europe: Views from Ghana
15.00-15.45 Thore Prien: The European Union as human rights violator: Observations of the EU by African Social Movements as global politics in the making
16.00-16.45 Malte Brosig: Afro-European crisis management in organized inaction: The case of Libya
Session 4: The EU and Third Parties
Chair: Beatrix Niemeyer-Jensen
17.00-17.45 Lachlan McKenzie: Distance partners: The impact of EU external relations capacity on engagement with third countries
18.00-18.45 Edward Yencken: The undermining of Global Europe? The impact of the Eurozone crisis on third country perceptions of the European Union
Saturday, December 7th
Session 5: A Path to Globality and Justice
Chair: Sophie Wulk
09.00-09.45 Bea Lundt: On times before the internet and intercontinental cheap flights. The long way to globality: Perspectives on Europe in Pre-Modern Times (500-1800)
10.00-10.45 Allan Francis Tatham: Appointing regional judges in the Caribbean: A possible model for emulation by the Court of Justice of the European Union?
11.00-11.45 Mauro Gatti: Preach the rights you practice! (in)Consistency between EU external human rights promotion and Member States’ internal actions
12.00-13.00 Concluding Remarks/ Discussion
Yaw Ofosu-Kusi (DAAD Visiting-Professor),
Bea Lundt (History),
Sophie Wulk (European Studies),
Laura Asarite (European Studies)